(didn't I tell youse ta keep yer eye on dese guyz?) has proposed a comprehensive upgrade in legislative ethics including a rule that all lobbyists be compelled to wear a special badge when chatting up legislators.
Hell why stop there, make em' wear dunce caps I say.
Seriously though much as I hate to say it, there some merit in the new rules as proposed by the GOP caucus, I do think the House ought to debate the proposals in open session and soon. Dismissing the "badge proposal" as akin to the Nazi "Yellow Star" is idiotic rhetorical excess and demonstrates the alienation of the legislature's leadership from the current wellsprings of reform.
I don't think the leadership has properly gauged the level of revulsion out in the electorate with respect to all this kissy-face with lobbyists.
Thus, if the legislature does not reform of itself, sooner or later reform will be imposed from without and from the ballot box as well.
Just sayin' guyz...
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